Chapter 92: Chapter 92: A Lifetime of Good Deeds

[In the latest magical combat, Lin Hao picked up three lower grade Spirit Stones from an ordinary person]

[In the latest magical combat, Lin Hao picked up seven lower grade Spirit Stones from an ordinary person]

[In the latest magical combat, Lin Hao picked up a lower grade Earth Element Pseudo Spirit Root from a Wild Cultivator]

[In the latest magical combat, Lin Hao picked up seven mid-grade Spirit Stones from a Wild Cultivator]

[In the latest magical combat, Lin Hao picked up a lower grade Water Element Pseudo Spirit Root from a Wild Cultivator]

[In the latest magical combat, Lin Hao picked up a lower grade Gold Element Pseudo Spirit Root from a Wild Cultivator]

[In the latest magical combat, ...]

Watching the notifications flashing before his eyes, Lin Hao felt...

Toxic Legacy really is good stuff!

Hopefully, no matter how the White Impermanence Avatar changes, this Legacy, gotta save some for myself!

Who could’ve guessed using "Toxic Legacy" with "Bad Breath Skill" would be this OP, huh.

[You can use Bad Breath Skill in the current scenario]

[You’re out of Legacy]

Once Lin Hao used up all his Legacy, the Bad Breath Skill was locked, and the log interface for magical combat pickups stopped jumping around.

The Storage Bag was getting stuffed at a crazy speed—it felt so exhilarating.

Come on, let me see what goodies I scored this time?

Lin Hao checked the log’s contents—

After using Bad Breath Skill for barely a minute, burning through his Toxic Legacy, Lin Hao picked up:

Lower grade Spirit Stones: 89 pieces

Mid-grade Spirit Stones: 53 pieces

Gold Element Pseudo Spirit Root (lower grade): 3

Wood Element Pseudo Spirit Root (lower grade): 1

Water Element Pseudo Spirit Root (lower grade): 2

Fire Element Pseudo Spirit Root (lower grade): 4

Earth Element Pseudo Spirit Root (lower grade): 4

In other words, in just one minute, Lin Hao not only "made" 5.389 million, but also bagged 14 contained objects!

Where did this sugar daddy come from?

Why are they shoveling money at me like this?

But why did I suddenly get to use Bad Breath Skill again?

The last time was because some genius spam-called my phone. This time, what’s the trigger?

Checked the phone—no calls, no texts. This stroke of fortune...

Is pretty random.

But whatever, who cares which hen laid the egg as long as there are eggs to eat?

No matter where the luck came from, it’s already in my pocket, free loot.

Anyway, according to the log, as long as I refill my Toxic Legacy, I can keep milking this luck!

Used to diss the White Impermanence Avatar for raising my Toxic Legacy, but now... I kinda look forward to it.

Originally, Lin Hao was worried about how to balance repaying that hundred million debt and saving some stones for cultivation!

Now, just forget about it—at least for this month, it’s not a problem.

Absolutely awesome~

Oh, right—just in time, my five-elements pseudo spirit roots are all together. Let’s absorb them and complete my spirit root array...

Lin Hao left the library and picked up the little black dog from the pet boarding spot.

...

Back at the City Management Team guesthouse.

Lin Hao, who’d been eager to complete his spirit root set, watched as the little black dog sat obediently, wagging its tail on the floor...

If I patch up my five-elements spirit root, will the little black dog disappear?

After a couple days together, Lin Hao had grown attached to this little black dog—so chill, yet totally a wild card.

But...

Gotta finish my five-elements spirit root sooner or later.

Looking at the little black dog, Lin Hao hesitated for a moment and then said:

"Wangcai, you exist because I messed up my cultivation. I’m about to fix that mistake now, but I don’t know if it’ll affect you. Anything you wanna say?"

Lin Hao, talking, handed his phone to the little black dog.

The little black dog didn’t hesitate—crack crack crack on the screen:

"I’m just a dog, can’t understand what you mean, but you’re the owner, so it’s up to you."

"Alright!"

Lin Hao frowned a bit, releasing his Divine Thought.

Double-checked: Even though the little black dog was his residual pill pet, it was a legit, living spirit being.

Plus, the log says [Cultivating is lonely, better keep a dog], and that he’s [Widened the path of immortal cultivation].

Completing the five-elements spirit root shouldn’t mess with the dog’s life.

Lin Hao sat cross-legged on the bed, pulled a "lower grade Gold Element Pseudo Spirit Root" from his Storage Bag, and decided to try fusing it into himself first.

This "Gold Element Pseudo Spirit Root" looked hella strange—it was... a fishing pole.

But whatever it was, Lin Hao was gonna absorb it anyway...

But before he could do anything, the "Gold Element Pseudo Spirit Root" floated up and shot toward the little black dog.

The little black dog freaked out—tried to run, but couldn’t dodge. The "Gold Element Pseudo Spirit Root" fused right into its body.

Once fused, a little tuft of hair on the dog’s head turned yellow.

The little black dog couldn’t see its new yellow spot. It just licked its paws, scratched its face—wait, where’s the fishing pole?

Where’d that big fishing pole go?

And then Lin Hao’s log updated...

[The lower grade Gold Element Pseudo Spirit Root Lin Hao carried begins to fuse with the body]

[Lin Hao now possesses a lower grade Gold, Fire, and Wood attribute Single Dog Spirit Root]

This works too?

But...

Why can’t I change the name "Single Dog Spirit Root"?

Could it have locked in when I broke through to the Residual Pill stage?

Meh, not a big deal. Single Dog Spirit Root it is. At least when my avatar is hiding at the stray dog shelter, cultivating will be a bit easier!

And as the gold pseudo spirit root fused in, Lin Hao could clearly feel the feedback from his avatar’s cultivation—it lifted, albeit just a hair.

Pretty obvious—boosting my spirit root attributes speeds up cultivation too.

Alright then...

Lin Hao whipped out all the remaining "pseudo spirit roots" in one go!

Their forms included "lighter", "giant wok", "shiny leaf", "brick", "mega thermos" and so on. The moment the pseudo spirit roots appeared, they floated straight toward the little black dog...

The little black dog didn’t even think—he dashed!

Halfway through, it looked back—where’d those things go?

The dog’s look made Lin Hao want to laugh out loud...

The once pure-black puppy now had five new tufts of fur in different colors on its head.

Yellow for gold, green for wood, blue for water, red for fire, brown for earth.

It kinda looked...

Pretty gangsta.

And Lin Hao’s log showed:

[The lower grade Earth Element Pseudo Spirit Root Lin Hao carried begins to fuse with the body]

[The lower grade Water Element Pseudo Spirit Root Lin Hao carried begins to fuse with the body]

[The lower grade Wood Element Pseudo Spirit Root Lin Hao carried begins to fuse with the body]

[...]

[Lin Hao now possesses a lower grade Five Elements Single Dog Spirit Root]

When the five elements were all complete, and the excess pseudo spirit roots merged into the little black dog, Lin Hao could feel his spirit root’s attributes slowly improving...

Sadly, still not enough!

No biggie, though. By the looks of things, in a while the Extraordinary Universal School will invade Ke Chen City.

Now I feel braver...

Send my Avatar out for some fishy business...

At that point, just KO their members who can’t beat my Avatar—knock them out, revive them, knock them out, revive them...

Just like with the Dog Trainer, wring their drop rate dry!

At this moment, Lin Hao still didn’t know where those pseudo spirit roots actually came from. If he found out, he’d definitely feel...

What a waste!

Such a waste!

Too much of a waste!

You can only pick up loot once per fight. If those extraordinary folks who "blossomed" showed up in front of me again, how can you just fight once? Need a proper all-out battle!

The longer he stayed with the City Management Team, the more Lin Hao understood about the Extraordinary Universal School.

As for targeting the School, Lin Hao had zero psychological pressure.

...

Right now, Lin Hao wasn’t stressed at all. He was even a little excited at the thought of "running into" some School members weaker than himself—a proper sunshine cultivator!

But the School, upon losing contact with over fifty members all of a sudden—

Various mid-to-high-ranking officers "busy with their own things" in their chat groups said:

"Hahaha, thank goodness I didn’t rush in!"

"Glad someone else took the hit first! Ke Chen City is a bit tough to chew right now~"

"No idea how they died. Would be nice to study the cause, might learn more about Ke Chen City."

"We need to issue a condemnation! Their methods in Ke Chen are way too extreme!"

"..."

Of course, overall, the mood in the School was heavy!

Straight-up face slap!

A brutal, naked face slap!

Soon, the City Joint Committee received an official "Condemnation Letter" from the Extraordinary Universal School, and promptly forwarded it to the Devout Buddhist who’s stationed in Ke Chen City...

This moment, the Devout Buddhist, prayer beads twirling in his right hand, left hand tapping an electronic wooden fish, had his phone ring.

"You have a new email. Please check your inbox."

The Devout Buddhist paused his work, opened the mail, skimmed the Condemnation Letter—whole thing was about:

The School’s autumn tour group—53 Extraordinary folks—vanished without reason just 100 kilometers outside Ke Chen. Confirmed dead after certain measures. Highly likely Ke Chen is behind it...

"Autumn tour group?"

"Man, the School’s penman can come up with an excuse for anything."

After toggling the Electronic Wooden Fish into "automatic accumulation of merit" mode...

dong dong dong dong...

Sat up, wheeled himself to the City Management Team captain to brief them with the latest info.

Also wanted to see if the whole thing was really the City Management Team’s doing.

If it was, the captain would definitely react...

And, while he’s at it, ask the captain—rumor says the City Management Team bought milk tea from Lin Hao through government procurement accounts...

Can he snag four cups for the four members of the City Joint Committee?

Even though the pilot, copilot, and his other teammates weren’t fully recovered yet, as a lifelong do-gooder...

He could totally help them drink it!

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[Unused Monthly Pass Shelter Center]

It’s the last few days of the month, please, spare some monthly passes.